8 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Click here for the details. In swimming pools, pink slime is caused by improper water & pool maintenance, environment, poor circulation to name a few. There appears to have occurred a dramatic rise in the reported cases of pink slime especially over the past 5 to 10 years. I'll go into more depth with this comment later.
There are basically three reasons to shock a pool - I call them the A-B-C's of Pool Shocking. 1  Algae - Chorine is a great algaecide. 2  Bacteria - Chlorine kills bacteria, when dosed properly. 3  Chloramines - Chlorine breaks apart combined chlorine molecules.